Be Effortlessly More Your True Self

To be Who We are Meant To Be, We Have to be More than Normal.

The purpose of Love in the New World is to support the journey of awakening and authenticity, to bring together a community of like-hearted individuals on their own paths of growth, and to hold space for astonishing transformation and healing.

Being true to yourself is not normal, but could be.

Today’s normal, unfortunately, supports an out of balance life style. The way we manage our food production, transportation, and even things like packaging and cleaning chemicals, damage the environment that sustains us. ‘Might is right’ and ‘greed is good,’ are interwoven through every purchase. Normal may be familiar and comfortable, but what we really want and crave is to thrive.

Luckily, the solutions to our problems: social, environmental, and economic are within our reach. We already have most of the knowledge and technology we need to create a cleaner, more peaceful, more harmonious world. But to get there we have to be willing to change.

That change is: to live as true to ourselves. As authentic individuals, each fulfilling our small, perhaps seeming-insignificant part, we can create a groundswell.

When we connect to our authentic thoughts and feelings, instead of ‘expected’ and ‘programmed’ responses, our creative passions shine through. We can bring what is in our hearts into the world.

When Founder and Facilitator of Love in the New World, Joan Weisman, was nine years old, her family began attending a local meditation ashram. She had always been interested in church and, at first, this was a surprising approach.

Spending holidays with both Catholic and Jewish cousins combined with regular trips to the meditation ashram, ignited important questions. Her lifelong search for deeper truth was born. Find out more about her story here.

Don't Waste Time Looking For Everything You Truly Want Where It Never Existed.

Love, joy, and happiness are internal states of being – an inside job.

When we search for love and happiness through experiences, achievement, or specific relationships, we eventually experience loss and pain.

At first, compared to the sounds, tastes, smells and feelings of our sensory world, exploring our ‘inner space’ can feel pointless or unreal.

Over time and practice, you realize this subtle tuning of your own well-being is the only real leverage you’ve got. Yoga, qigong, tai chi, and meditation are all practices to develop refined states of being, or cultivate spiritual qualities.

When our consciousness is on the surface, there are countless ways to be manipulated, deceived and controlled. As we develop more awareness in our inner space our reactions are more authentic. Connected to intuition and inspiration, we have insight into relationships and situations.

Be Your Own Authority.

Buried deep under frustration, distraction, and worry is a knowing that we have more to offer… if only ‘something’ were different. That ‘something’ we long to be different actually starts inside of us. By default programming, we doubt ourselves and our value, and allow fear run our lives. This is surrendering our authority to the outside.

Connected to our authentic perceiving, our mind and heart are clear, and we always know the best way forward. The truth is, we are the best decision-maker in our own lives. No one knows our experience, our purpose, or our potential as well as the higher parts of us do.

In early 2001, on one of my first trips to study NLP with Dr. Richard Bandler, I (Joan Weisman) was encouraged by a friend to “go up and ask him for a specific result you want from the workshop.”

After some time reflecting I approached Dr. Bandler during a break. I was nervous. He looked at me, sideways. “What do you want,” he said.

“I want to be my own authority!” I responded.

His face immediately changed as he turned to face me. “Good one.” He said, and began.

He started talking. To be honest, I do not remember a word he said. We were facing each other in front of the large conference room with people wandering around on break, but all of that disappeared.

What I do remember, is a vivid mental image of myself in a small, white room with the walls covered in photographs. Each picture was a person or position that my subconscious believed had authority over who I could or should be. For me, the photos were stacked floor to ceiling and the oppression was overwhelming.

I remember describing to him what I was seeing.

Then, I heard Dr. Bandler’s voice and in a fierce instant a bright orange-red flame rose up and engulfed all the photographs. It was a pure, cleansing fire. The imaginary room burned into ash and dropped away. As it did I felt relief sweep through me – from my mind down into my cells.

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go ofwho we think we’re supposed to be andembracing who we are. ~Brene Brown

As we get over fear, doubt, and self-criticism, we are liberated and strengthened.

Ready for real and positive change?

Transform old patterns beyond the conscious and surface level with a private session.

In a time of extreme turmoil in which I was having difficulty understanding why I was going through what I was going through, a session with Joan gave me clarity and perspective. I was able to get to a place where I was floating and free, which brought an enormous amount of peace and grounding. I left with more understanding. Over the days and weeks after our session, I was more energized to focus on my health, life and vitality. – W.W. of Austin, TX

Knowing and working with Joan is a real pleasure. She is an interesting as well as interested person who is passionate about helping people be their best. In about 20 minutes Joan helped me overcome a major hurdle in my self confidence that has been with me since I was a child. At first I didn’t quite know what to expect but Joan helped me get into a comfortable space where I could go deep. What I have noticed since our session is that I have become more relaxed when speaking to strangers and to groups of people. It is as if the fear that I used to carry has been calmed down and I can really let myself come through and more easily connect with others. Overall, Joan is a wonderful person to work with. I recommend her without reservation. -M.A., Newport Beach, CA

Joan is an amazing person to work with. Her integrity is right on, energy is beautiful, and most of all she produces results. I highly recommend working with her. -RW, Venice, CA

It is nice the shift that occurs when Joan gets to your particulars and you get to clear out the gunk from what is clogging your motivations. Would recommend Joan to people who want to brand themselves or just to get lined up with their priorities in work or in a relationship. -DG, Los Angeles, CA

I think of Joan as my Word Wizard. One day I had this long hour or so rant to my brother trying to think it out for myself. Then, I had a call with Joan and in 5 minutes she helped me decode the problem like it was nothing. ~BC, Denver, CO